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THE    RIME 


THE     ANCIENT     MARINER. 


BY    SAMUEL    TAYLOR    COLERIDGE. 


ILLUSTRATED. 


NEW  YORK : 

D.    APPLETON    &    CO.    34^    AND    34^,    BROADWAY 

1857. 


p 


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London:  K.  {',,ay,  Printer,  Bread  Street  Hill. 


ILLUSTRATIONS. 


Vraun  by  Faye 

At  length  dic^ cross- an  Albatross     .....     E.  H.  Wehnert   .      Title. 

It  is  an  ancient  Mariner, 

And  he'stoppeth  one  of  three E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .       6 

Merrily  did  loe  drop 

Beloio  the  hirk,  belotv  the  hill Bikket  Foster   .     .       7 

Nodding  their  heads  before  her  goes 

The  merry  minstrelsy E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .       9 

And  ice,  mast-high,  came  floating  by, 

As  green  as  emerald E.  Duncan.     ...     10 

And  every  day,  for  food  or  play, 

Came  to  the  mariners' hollo  ! .     E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     12 

With  my  cross-boio 
I  shot  the  Albatross E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     13 

Ah  wretch!  said  they,  the  bird  to  slay, 

That  made  the  breeze  to  blow  ! E.  H,  Wehnert  .     .     14 

As  idle  as  a  painted  ship 

Upon  a  painted  ocean E.  Duncan  ....16 

Instead  of  the  cross,  the  Albatross 

About  my  nech  teas  hung E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     18 

When  loohing  westivard,  I  beheld 

A  something  in  the  sky E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     19 

When  that  strange  shape  drove  suddenly 

Betwixt- us  and  the  Sun E.Duncan.     .     .     .     21 


ivAf  */S  f  >jQ-q  rz 


iv  Illustrations. 

Drann  by  f'ngc 

The  naked  hulk  alongside  came, 

And  the  twain  lixre  casting  dice E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     23 

The  souls  did  from  their  bodies  fly, — 

Theij  fled  to  bliss  or  woe  I E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     24 

I  fear  thee,  ancient  Mariner  I 

I  fear  thy  skinny  hand  I E.  H.  Wehnert  .  26 

The  moving  Moon  went  up  the  sky, 

And  nowhere  did  abide E.Duncan.     ...     29 

A  spring  of  love  gushed  from  my  heart, 

And  I  blessed  them  unaivare E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     30 

Till  noon  we  quietly  sailed  on. 

Yet  never  a  breeze  did  breathe E.  Duncan  ....     34 

/  heard,  and  in  my  soul  discerned 

Two  voices  in  the  air E.  H.  Wehnert  .     .     36 

'Twas  night,  calm  night,  the  moon  ivas  high  ; 

TJie  dead  men  stood  together E.  H.  Wehnert  -     .     39 

And  on  the  bay  the  moonlight  lay, 

And  the  shadoio  of  the  moon Birket  Foster   .     .     41 

The  skiff-boat  neared  :  I  heard  them  talk, 

Why,  this  is  strange,  1  trow  ! E.  H.  W  ehnert  .     .     44 

The  boat  came  closer  to  the  ship, 

But  I  nor  spake  nor  stirred E,  Duncan  ...     46 

/  took  the  oars  :  the  Pilot's  boy, 

Who  noio  doth  crazy  go E.U.  Wehnert  .     .     47 

To  walk  together  to  the  kirk, 

And  all  together  pray E.  H.  Wehnert  49 

He  prayeth  well,  who  loveth  loell 

Boih  man  and  bird  and  beast E.  H.  W^ehnert  ^i 


Engraved  by  Horace  H.\RnAL  and  Edmund   Kvans. 


THE 

RIME   OF    THE   ANCIENT    MARINER 

IN    SEVEN    PARTS. 


Facile  credo,  pluies  esse  Naturas  invisibles  quam  visibiles  in  reium  universitate. 
Sed  horum  omnium  faniiliam  quis  nobis  enarrabit,  et  gradus  et  cognationes  et  dis- 
crimina  et  singulorum  munera?  Quid  agunt ?  Quae  loca  habitant?  Harum  rerum 
notitiam  semper  ambivit  ingenium  humanum,  nunquam  attigit.  Juvat,  interea,  non 
ditfiteor,  quandoquein  animo,  tanquara  in  tabula,  majoris  et  melioris  mundiimaginem 
contemplari :  ne  mens  assuefacta  hodiernae  vitse  minutiis  se  contrahat  nimis,  et  tota 
subsidat  in  pusillas  cogitationes.  Sed  veritati  interea  invigilandum  est,  modusque 
servandus,  ut  certa  ab  incertis,  diem  a  nocte,  distinguamus.T. 

BURNET.       ARCH^OL.  PHIL.  p.   G8. 


PART     I. 


An  ancient  Mari-  It  IS  ail  aiicieiit    Mariner, 

tier  nieeteth  three 

gallants  hidden  Aiid  he  stoppetli   oiie  of  three. 

to  a  wedding-  cc  t?        ^.U        1  i  i  i        i-  • 

least,  and  detain.       ^Y  ^"7  ^o"g  g^^Y  beard  aiid  ghttering  eye. 

ithone.  ^ow  wherefore  stopp'st  thou   me? 


The  Ancient  Mariner. 


"  The  Bridegroom's  doors  are  opened  wide. 
And  I  am  next  of  Icin  ; 
The  guests  are  met,  the  feast  is  set : 
May'st  hear  the  merry  din." 


"^^!^. 


^l 


He  holds  him  with  his   skinny  hand, 

"  There  was  a  ship,"  quoth  he. 

"Hold  off!    unhand  me,  grey-beard  loon!" 

Eftsoons  his  hand  dropt  he. 


8  The  Ri?ne  of 

The  Wedding-       He  holds  him  with  his  glittering  eye — 

w'rbVtCeye   T^^e  Wedding-Gucst  stood  still, 

of  the  old  sea-      ^^^^  Usteiis  like  a  three  years'   child: 

faring  man,  and  J 

constrained  to       Xhe  Mariner  hath  his  will. 

hear  his  tale. 

The  Wedding-Guest  sat  on  a  stone : 
He  cannot  choose  but  hear ; 
And  thus  spake  on  that  ancient  man, 
The  bright-eyed  Mariner. 

"  The  ship  was  cheered,  the  harbour  cleared. 

Merrily  did  we  drop 

Below  the  kirk,  below  the  hill. 

Below  the  lighthouse  top. 

The  Mariner  tells   "  The  sun  camc  up  upon  the  left, 

how  the  ship  ^^  c     -i  i        i 

sailed  southward    ^^^t  ot  the  Sea  Came  he  ! 

with  a  good  wind   ^^^j  ^iQ  shonc  bright,  and  on  the  right 

and  fair  weather  o      '  o 

tiuit  reached  the   Went  down  into  the  sea. 

Line, 

"  Higher  and  higher  every  day. 

Till  over  the  mast  at  noon — " 

The  Wedding-Guest  here  beat  his  breast, 

For  he  heard  the  loud  bassoon. 

The  Wedding-      The  BHde  hath  paced  into  the  hall. 

Guest  heareth  -n     j  •         i 

the  bridal  music;   ^^d  as  a  rose  !S  she  ; 

but  the  Mariner 
continueth  his 


Nodding  their  heads  before  her  goes 


t^ie.  The  merry  minstrelsy. 


The   Wedding-Guest  he  beat  his  breast. 
Yet   he  cannot  choose  but  hear  ; 


the  Ancient   Mariner, 

And  thus  spake  on  that  ancient  man, 
The  bright-eyed  Mariner. 


"  And  now  the  storm-blast  came,  and  he    The  ship  drawn 
Was  tyrannous  and  strong:  7arVthe™outh 

He  struck  with  his  o'ertaking  wings,  ^'"^^' 

And  chased   us  south  along;. 


10 


I'hc  Rime  of 


"  With  sloping  masts  and  dipping  prow. 
As  who  pursued  with  yell  and  blow 
Still  treads  the  shadow  of  his   foe, 
And  forward  bends  his  head. 


'/' 


-■^^0^, , 


The  ship  drove   fast,  loud  roared  the  blast, 
And   southward  aye  we  fled. 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


1 1 


''And  now  there  came  both  mist  and  snow, 
And  it  o-rew  wondrous  cold  : 
And  ice,   mast-high,  came  floating  by, 
As  green  as  emerald. 


*•'  And  through  the  drifts  the  snowy  clitts 
Did  send  a  dismal  sheen  : 
Nor  shapes  of  men  nor  beasts  we  ken — 
The  ice  was  all  between. 


The  laud  of  ice, 
and  of  fearful 
sounds  where  no 
living  thing  was 
to  be  s«en. 


"  The  ice  was  here,  the  ice  was  there, 

The  ice  was  all  around  : 

It    cracked    and    growled,    and    roared    and 

howled. 
Like  noises  in  a  swound  ! 


*■'  At  length  did  cross  an  Albatross, 
Thorough   the  fog  it  came  ; 
As  if  it  had  been  a  Christian  soul, 
We  hail'd  it  in  God's  name. 


Till  a  great  sea- 
bird,  called  the 
Albatross,  came 
through  the 
snow-fog,  and 
was  received 
with  great  joy 
and  hospitality. 


"  It  ate  the  food  it  ne'er  had   eat. 
And  round  and  round  it  flew. 
The  ice  did   split  with  a  thunder-tit ; 
The  helmsman  steered  us  through. 


"And  a  good  south  wind  sprung  up  behind;  Audio!  the  ai 

,_,  ,,  T  1     r  11  batross  proveth 

1  he  Albatross  did  rollow,  aWrdofgood 

A       1  J  r        r      J  1  omen,  and  fol- 

And  every  day,  for  food  or  play,  loweth  the  ship 

Came  to  the   mariners'   hollo!  as  it  returned 


12 


The   Ri?ne  of 


nortiiwaiii  "111   mist  oi"  cloucl,   c)Ji   iiiast  oi"  shi'oud, 

tlllOllJill  ibii  Mill 

floating  ice. 


It  perched   for  vespers   nine  ; 


Whiles  all  the   night,  through  fog-smoke  white, 
Glimmered  the   white   moon-shine." 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


13 


"  God  save  thee,  ancient  Mariner  1 
From  the  fiends,  that  plague  thee  thus  ! 


The  ancient  INfa- 
riner  inhospit- 
ably killeth  the 


Why  look'st  thou  so  ?  "— "  With  my  cross-bow   pio^^^^rdof 

J  ^  good  omen. 

I  shot  the   Albatross." 


PART    II. 


"  The  Sun  now  rose  upon  the  right 
Out  of  the  sea  came  he, 
Still  hid  in  mist,  and  on  the  left 
Went  down  into  the   sea. 


The  Ancient  Mariner. 

"  And  the  good  south  wind  still  blew  behind, 
But  no  sweet  bird  did  follow, 
Nor  any  day  for  food  or  play 
Came  to  the  mariners'  hollo ! 


"And  I  had  done  a  hellish  thing, 

And  it  would  work  'em  woe  : 

For  all  averred,  I  had  killed  the  bird 

That  made  the  breeze  to  blow. 

'  Ah  wretch  !  '  said  they,  '  the  bird  to  slay. 

That  made  the  breeze  to  blow  I ' 


His  shipmates 
cry  out  against 
the  ancient  Mari- 
ner, for  killing 
the  bird  of  good 
luck. 


"  Nor  dim  nor  red,  like  God's  own  head, 

The  glorious  Sun  uprist : 

Then  all  averred,  I  had  killed  the  bird 

That  brought  the  fog  and  mist. 

'  'Twas  right,'  said  they,  '  such  birds  to  slay. 

That  bring  the  fog  and  mist.' 


But  when  the 
fog  cleared  off, 
they  justify  the 
same,  and  thus 
make  themselves 
accomplices  in 
the  crime. 


"  The  fair  breeze  blew,  the  white  foam  flew,    The  fair  breeze 

continues ;  the 

The  furrow  followed  free  ;  ship  enters  the 

,  Pacific  Ocean, 

We  were  the  first  that  ever  burst  and  sails  north- 

ward, even  till  it 
reaches  the  Line. 


Into  that  silent  sea. 


"  Down  dropt  the  breeze,  the  sails  dropt  down,  The  ship  hath 

been  suddenly 

'Twas  sad  as  sad  could  be ;  becalmed. 

And  we  did  speak  only  to  break 
The  silence  of  the  sea ! 


"  All  in  a  hot  and  copper  sky, 
The  bloody  Sun,  at  noon, 


i6 


'J ht'  Rime  of 


Right  up  above  the   mast  did  stand, 
No  bigger  than  the  Moon. 


— '-HI-IA/PIPALl 


"  Day  after  day,   day  after  day, 
We  stuck,   nor  breath  nor  motion  ; 
As  idle  as  a  painted   ship 
Upon   a   painted   ocean. 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


17 


"  Water,  water,  everywhere, 
And  all  the  boards  did  shrink ; 
Water,  water,  everywhere. 
Nor  any  drop  to  drink. 


And  the  Alba- 
tross begins  to  be 
avenged. 


"  The  very  deep  did  rot :   O   Christ ! 
That  ever  this  should  be  ! 
Yea,  slimy  things  did  crawl  with  legs 
Upon  the  slimy  sea. 

"  About,  about,  in  reel  and  rout 
The  death-fires  danced  at  night  \ 
The  water,  like  a  witch's  oils. 
Burnt  green,  and  blue  and  white. 


"  And  some  in  dreams  assured  were 
Of  the  spirit  that  plagued  us  so  ; 
Nine  fathom  deep  he  had  follow'd  us 
From  the  land  of  mist  and  snow. 


A  spirit  had  fol- 
lowed them ;  one 
of  the  invisible 
inhabitants  of 
tliis  planet,  nei- 
ther departed 
souls  nor  angels; 
concerningwhoni 
the  learned  Jev*^, 
Josephus,   and    the   Platonic  Constantinopolitan,    Michael  Psellus,   maj'   be    consulted, 
They  are  very  numerous,  and  there  is  no  climate  or  element  without  one  or  more. 


"And  every  tongue,  through  utter  drought, 
Was  withered  at  the  root ; 
We  could  not  speak,  no  more  than  if 
We  had  been  choked  with  soot. 


"  Ah  !   well  a-day  !   what  evil  looks 
Had  I   from  old   and  young ! 


The  shipmates, 
in  their  sore  dis- 
tress, would  fain 
throw  the  whole 
guilt  on  the  an- 
cient Marine!  :  in 
sign  whereof 


i8 


Ihe  Ancient  Alariner. 


tiicy  hang  the       Instead  of  the  cross,  the  Albatross 

dead  sea-bird  i  »5 

round  his  neck.     About  my  iiecJc  was  hung. 


PART    III. 


"  There  passed  a  weary  time.    Each  throat  The  ancient  Ma- 
riner beholdeth  a 
Was  parched,  and  glazed  each  eye.  sign  in  the  eie- 

.  .  ,  •  I  ment  afar  oflT. 

A  weary  time  !  a  weary  time  ! 
How  glazed  each  weary  eye, 
When  looking  westward,   T   beheld 
A   something  in  the  sky. 


20  The  Ri?ne  of 


"  At  first  it  seemed  a  little  speck, 
And  then  it  seemed  a  mist ; 
It  moved  and  moved,  and  took  at  last 
A  certain  shape,  I  wist. 


"  A  speck,  a  mist,  a  shape,  I  wist ! 
And  still  it  neared  and  neared  : 
As  if  it  dodged  a  water-sprite. 
It  plunged  and  tacked  and  veered. 


At  its  nearer  ap-  "With  throats  unslaked,  with  black  lips  baked, 

proach,  it  seem- 

eth  him  to  be  a  We  could  nor  laugh  nor  wail ; 

ship;  and  at  a  r-r^,  ,  .  11111  it 

dear  ransom  he  1  nrough  Utter  drought  all   dumb  we  stood; 

frorthebomr  ^  ^.it  my  arm,  I  sucked  the  blood, 

of  thirst.  ^nd  cried,  A  sail  !   a  sail  ! 


"  With  throats  unslaked,  with  black  lips  baked 
Agape  they  heard  me  call : 
A  flash  of  joy;      Gramercy  !   they  for  joy  did  grin. 

And  all  at  once  their  breath  drew  in, 
As  they  were  drinking  all. 


And  horror  foi-     "See!   scc  !   (I   Cried)  she  tacks  no  more! 

lows.    For  can  it     tt-^i  .  1  1 

be  a  ship  that        Hither  to  work  us  weal; 


comes  onward 
without  wind  or 


Without  a  breeze,  without  a  tide. 


^"'<^'  She  steadies  with   upright  keel  ! 


"  The  western  wave  was  all  a-flame. 
The  day  was  well-ni(i;h  done  ! 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


21 


Almost  upon  the  western   wave 
Rested  the  broad  brieht   Sun  : 


HHftRRAI-S'= 


When  that  strange  shape  drove  suddenly 
Betwixt  us  and  the  Sun. 


D 


22 


The  Rime  of 


It  seemeth  hiin     "  And  Straight  the  Sun  was  flecked  with  bars, 

but  the  skeleton       ,-r^  ?       iv /r      i  i  i\ 

of  a  ship.  (Heavens  Mother  send   us  grace!) 

As  if  through  a  dungeon  grate  he  peered 
With  broad  and  burning  face. 


"  Alas  !   (thought  I,  and  my  heart  beat  loud) 
Hov/  fast  she  nears  and  nears  ! 
Are  those  her  sails  that  glance  in  the  Sun, 
Like  restless  gossameres  ? 


And  its  ribs  are 
seen  as  bars  on 
the  face  of  the 


"  Are  those  her  ribs  through  which  the  Sun 
Did  peer,  as  through  a  grate  ? 


setting  Sun.  The      a       i    •         i  ttt  hi  5 

spectre-woman      -^^1^  ^^  that   W  Oman  all  her  crew  r 


and  her  death- 
mate,  and  no 
other  on  board 
the  skeleton- 
ship. 


Is  that  a  Death  ?   and  are  there  two  ? 
Is  Death  that  woman's  mate  ? 


"  Her  lips  were  red,  her  looks  were  free. 
Her  locks  were  yellow  as  gold  : 
xike  vessel,  like   Her  skin  was  as  white  as  leprosy. 

The  Night-mare  Life-in-Death  was  she, 
Who  thicks  man's  blood  with  cold. 


Death  and  Life- 
in-death  have 
diced  for  the 
ship's  crew : 
she  (the  latter) 
winneth  the  an- 
cient Mariner. 


"  The  naked  hulk  alongside   came, 
And  the  twain  were  casting  dice  ; 
'The  game  is  done!     I've,   I've  won!' 
Quoth  she,  and  whistles  thrice. 


Notwiiightwith-   "  The  Sun's  rim  dips  ;  the  stars  rush  out 

in  the  courts  of 

the  Sun.  At  one  Stride  comes  the  dark ; 

With  far-heard  whisper,  o'er  the  sea. 
Off  shot  the  spectre-bark. 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


23 


"We  listened  and  looked  sideways  up!    At  the  rising  of 

the  Moon, 

Fear  at  my  heart,  as  at  a  cup, 
My  life-blood  seemed  to  sip  ! 


The  stars  were  dim,  and  thick  the  night. 
The  steersman's  face  by  his  lamp  gleamed  white  ; 
From  the  sails  the  dew  did  drip — 


24 


The    Rime  of 


T'ill   clomb  above   the  eastern   hai 
I  he  horned  Moon,  with  one  briglit  ^tai 
Within  the  nether  tip. 


One  after  ano-    cc  Qne  after  one,  by  the  star-dogged  Moon, 


ther, 


Too  quick  for  groan  or  sigh. 


the  Ancient  Manner, 


25 


Each  turned  his  face  with  a  ghastly  pang, 
And  cursed  me  with  his  eye. 


"  Four  times  fifty  hving  men, 
(And  I  heard  nor  sigh  nor  groan,) 
With  heavy  thump,  a  hfeless  lump. 
They  dropped  down  one  by  one. 


His  shipmates 
drop  down  dead 


"  The  souls  did  from  their  bodies  fly,- 
They  fled  to  bliss  or  woe  ! 
And  every  soul,  it  passed  me  by. 
Like  the  whizz  of  my  cross-bow  !  " 


But  Life-in- 
Death  begins  her 
work  on  the  an- 
cient Mariner. 


PART    IV. 


TheWeddiHg-      "I   FEAR  thee,  aiicient  Mariner! 

Guest  feareth 

that  a  spirit  is       I   fear  thy  skinny  hand  ! 

talking  to  him.  a       j       i  i  111  11 

And  thou  art  long,  and  lank,  and  brown, 
As  is  the  ribbed  sea-sand. 


The  Ancient  Mariner.  27 

"  I  fear  thee  and  thy  glittering  eye. 

And  thy  skinny  hand,  so  brov/n." — 

"  Fear  not,  fear  not,  thou  Wedding-Guest !    But  the  ancient 

Mariner  assureth 

This  body  dropt  not  down.  him  of  Ms  bodily 

life,  and  proceed- 
eth  to  relate  his 
hoiTible  penance. 

"  Alone,  alone,  all,  all  alone, 
Alone  on  a  wide,  wide  sea ! 
And  never  a  saint  took  pity  on 
My  soul  in  agony. 


"  The  many  men,  so  beautiful  ! 
And  they  all  dead  did  lie  : 
And  a  thousand  thousand  slimy  things 
Lived  on  ;  and  so  did  I. 


He  despiseth  the 
creatures  of  the 
calm. 


"  I  looked  upon  the  rotting  sea, 
And  drew  my  eyes  away ; 
I  looked  upon  the  rotting  deck. 
And  there  the  dead  men  lay. 


And  envieth  that 
tliey  should  live, 
and  so  many  lie 
dead. 


"  I  looked  to  heaven,  and  tried  to  prav 
But  or  ever  a  prayer  had  gusht, 
A  wicked  whisper  came,  and  made 
My  heart  as  dry  as  dust. 


"  I   closed  my  lids,  and  kept  them  close. 

And  the  balls  like  pulses  beat ; 

For  the  sky  and  the  sea,  and  the  sea  and  the  sky. 

Lay  like  a  load  on  my  weary  eye, 

And  the  dead  were  at  my  feet. 


28  The   R 


i?ne 


Rut  the  curse       "The  cold  swcat  melted  from  their  Hmbs, 

liveth  for  him  in     -vt  i        ^•  ^       i 

the  eye  of  the       ^^^  ^^t  iior  rccK  Old  they: 

dead  men.  yj^^    j^^j^    ^|^j^    ^j^j^j^    ^j^^^    \oo\i^A    OH    me 

Had  never  passed  away. 


"  An  orphan's  curse  would  drag  to  hell 

A  spirit  from  on  high  \ 

But  oh  !   more  horrible  than  that 

Is  the  curse  in  a  dead  man's  eye  ! 

Seven  days,  seven  nights,  I   saw  that  curse, 

And  yet  I  could  not  die. 


In  his  loneliness    "  The  movIng  Moon  Went  up  the  sky, 

and  fixedness  he       *       ,  i  t  i       i  ■  i 

yearneth  towards   And  nowhere  did  abide  : 

the  journeying         o     r^i  i. 

Moon,  and  the      Softly  she  was  going  up, 
stars  that  still       ^j^^  ^  gj-gj.  ^j.  ^.^^  beside 

sojourn,  yet  still 

move  onward ; 

and  everywhere 

the  blue  sky  belongs  to  them,  and  is  their  appointed  rest,  and  thtir  native  country  and 

their  own   natural  homes,   which   they   enter  unannounced,  as    lords   that   are  certainly 

expected,  and  yet  there  is  a  silent  joy  at  their  arrival. 


"  Her  beams  bemocked  the  sultry  main. 

Like  April  hoar-frost  spread  ; 

But  where  the  ship's  huge  shadow  lay. 

The  charmed  water  burnt  alway 

A  still  and  awful   red. 


By  the  light  of      "  Bcyond  the  shadow  of  the  ship, 

tlie  Moon  he  l)e- 

iioideth  God's       1   watched  the  water-snakes: 

creatures  of  tlie      /-i->i  i     •  i  r      i  •     •  i  • 

great  calm.  1  Hey  moved   in  tracks  or  shining  white. 

And  when  they  reared,  the  elfish   light 
Fell  off  in   hoary   flakes. 


the   Ancient   Mariner. 


29 


"Within  the  shadow  of  the  ship 
I  watched  their  rich  attire  : 


Blue,  glossy  green,  and  velvet  black. 
They  coiled  and   swam  ;  and  every  track 
Was  a  flash  of  golden  fire. 

E 


l^  The  Ri??ie  of 

Their  beauty  and   "O   happy  living  thiiigs  !   no  tongue 

their  happiness.      --r-i      •      ,  •    i         i       i 

1  neir  beauty  might  declare  : 

A  spring  of  love  gushed  from   my  he.irr, 


iiebiesseththcm    And  I  blcssed  them  unaware  : 

in  his  heart,  p  i  •      i  •  i  • 

bure  my  kind  saint  took  pity  on   me, 

And  I   blessed  them  unaware. 


the  Ancient  Mariner.  31 


to  break. 


"  The  selfsame  moment  I  could  pray  ;      The  speii  begins 
And  from  my  neck  so  free 
The  Albatross  fell  off,  and  sank 
Like  lead  into  the  sea." 


PART    V. 


"  Oh  Sleep  !  it  is  a  gentle  thing, 
Beloved  from  pole  to  pole  ! 
To  Mary  Oueen  the  praise  be  given  ! 
She  sent  the  gentle  sleep  from  Heaven, 
That  slid  into  my  soul. 


"The  silly  buckets  on  the  deck,  By  grace  of  the 

,  ,  .        ,  holy  Mother,  the 

1  hat    had    so    long    remamed,  ancient  Mariner 

I  dreamt  that  they  were  filled  with  dew  ;   |.^^^^  '^^  ^ 
And  when  I  awoke,  it  rained. 


"  My  lips  were  wet,  my  throat  was  cold, 
My  garments  all  were  dank  ; 
Sure  I  had  drunken  in  my  dreams. 
And  still  my  body  drank. 

"  I  moved,  and  could  not  feel  my  limbs  : 
I  was  so  light — almost 
I  thought  that  I   had  died  in  sleep, 
And  was  a  blessed  ghost. 


32  The  Rime  of 

Heheareth  "And   sooii  I  heard  a  roaring  wind: 

sounds  and  seetli  -r       ,.  , 

stiaiiire  sights  ^^  did  not  comc  anear  ; 

and  connnotions  g^^^    ^j^j^    |^g    g^^^^j    j^    ^j^^^j^    ^j^^    g^i| 
in  the  sky  and  ■* 

the  elements.  That  wcrc  SO  thin  and   sere. 


"  The  upper  air  burst  into  hfe  ! 
And  a  hundred  fire-flags  sheen, 
To  and  fro  they  were  hurried  about ! 
And  to  and  fro,  and  in  and  out. 
The  wan  stars  danced  between. 

"  And  the  coming  wind  did  roar  more  loud, 
And  the  sails  did  sigh  like  sedge ; 
And  the  rain  poured  down  from  one  black  cloud 
The  Moon  was  at  its  edge. 

"  The  thick  black  cloud  was  cleft,  and  still 

The  Moon  was  at  its  side  : 

Like  waters  shot  from  some  high  crag, 

The  lightning  fell  with  never  a  jag, 

A  river  steep  and  wide. 


The  bodies  of  the   "The  loud  wiud  ncvcr  reached  the  ship, 

ship's  crew  are  i  i  •  i  i 

inspired,  and  the   Yet  uow  the  ship  movcd  on  ! 

ship  moves  on;     gg^-jg^j-h  the  lightning  and  the  moon 

The  dead  men  gave  a  groan. 


"  They  groaned,  they  stirred,  they  all  uprose. 

Nor  spake,  nor  moved  their  eyes ; 

It  had  been  strange,  even  in  a  dream, 

To  have  seen  those  dead  men  rise. 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


33 


'*  The  helmsman  steered,  the  ship  moved  on  ; 

Yet  never  a  breeze  up  blew  ; 

The  mariners  all  'gan  work  the  ropes, 

Where  they  were  wont  to  do  ; 

They  raised  their  limbs  like  Hfeless  tools — 

We  were  a  ghastly  crew. 


"  The  body  of  my  brother's  son 
Stood  by  me,  knee  to  knee  : 
The  body  and  I   pulled  at  one   rope, 
But  he  Said  nought  to  me." 

"I   fear  thee,  ancient  Mariner!" 

"  Be  calm,  thou  Wedding-Guest  ! 

'Twas  not  those  souls  that  fled  in  pain, 

Which  to  their  corses  came  again. 

But  a  troop  of  spirits  blest : 

For  when  it  dawned — they  dropped  their  arms. 

And  clustered  round  the  mast ; 

Sweet  sounds  rose  slowly  through  their  mouths. 

And  from  their  bodies  passed. 


But  not  by  the 
souls  of  the  men. 
nor  by  demons  o1' 
earth  or  middle 
air,  but  by  a 
blessed  troop  of 
angelic  spirits, 
sent  down  by  the 
invocation  of  the 
Kuardian  saint. 


"  Around,  around,  flew  each  sweet  sound, 
Then  darted  to  the  Sun  ; 
Slowly  the  sounds  came  back  again, 
Now  mixed,  now  one   by  one. 


"  Sometimes  a-dropping  from  the  sky 
I  heard  the  sky-lark  sing  j 
Sometimes  all  little  birds  that  are. 
How  they  seemed  to  fill  the  sea  and  air 
With  their  sweet  jargoning  ! 


34 


The  Rime  of 


"  And  now  'twas  like  all  instruments, 
Now  like  a  lonely  flute  j 


And  now  it  is  an  angel's  song, 
That  makes  the  heavens  be  mute. 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


35 


"  It  ceased  -,  yet  still  the  sails  made  on 

A  pleasant  noise  till  noon, 

A  noise  like  of  a  hidden  brook 

In  the  leafy  month  of  June, 

That  to  the  sleeping  woods  all  night 

Singeth  a  quiet  tune. 

"  Till  noon  we  quietly  sailed  on. 
Yet  never  a  breeze  did  breathe  : 
Slowly  and  smoothly  went  the  ship. 
Moved  onward   from  beneath. 


"  Under  the  keel  nine   fathom  deep, 

PVom  the  land  of  mist  and  snow. 

The  spirit  slid  :   and  it  was  he 

That  made  the  ship  to  go. 

The  sails  at  noon  left  off  their  tune,    troop,  but  stiu 

reqviireth  vsn- 

And  the  ship  stood  still  also.  geance. 


The  lonesome 
spirit  from  the 
south-pole 
carries  on  the 
ship  as  far  as  the 
line,  in  obedience 
to  the  angelic 


"The   Sun,  right  up  above  the   mast. 
Had  fixed  her  to  the  ocean  : 
But  in  a  minute  she  'gan  stir. 
With  a  short  uneasy  motion — 
Backwards  and  forwards  half  her  length 
With  a  short  uneasy  motion. 


"  Then  like  a  pawing  horse  let  go, 
She  made  a  sudden  bound  : 
It  flung  the  blood  into  my  head. 
And  I   fell  down  in  a  swound. 


36 


'J h(j   K'lme  of 


The  Polar  Spi-  "  How  long  ill  that  same   fit  I  lay, 

rit's  fellow  dc-  y    , 

mens,  the  invisi-  1   navc  iiot  to  declare  ; 

ble  inhabitants 


of  the  element,     But  ere   my  living  life  returned, 

take  part  in  his        t    i  i  i     •  i      i-  i 

wrong;  and  two   1  heard,  and  in  my  soul  discerned 

of  them  relate,         -t-<  •  •  i  • 

1  WO  voices  jn   the  air. 


one  to  the  other, 


the  Ancient  Mariner 


37 


"  '  Is  it  he  ? '  quoth  one,  '  Is  this  the  man  ?     that  penance  long 

and  heavy  for  the 
By    Him    who    died    on    cross,  ancient  Mariner 

TTT-  i      1  •  11  L       1    -J     r   11    1  hath  been  accord- 

With  his  cruel  how  he  laid  lull  low  edtothePoiar 

The  harmless  Albatross.  spirit  whore- 

turneth  south- 
ward. 

"  '  The  spirit  who  bideth  by  himself 
In  the  land  of  mist  and  snow, 
He  loved  the  bird  that  loved  the  man 
Who  shot  him  with  his  bow.' 

"  The  other  was  a  softer  voice. 

As  soft  as  honey-dew ; 

Quoth  he,  '  The  man  hath  penance  done, 

And  penance  more  will  do.'  " 


PART    VI. 


FIRST    VOICE. 


"  '  But  tell  me,  tell  me !  speak  again. 
Thy  soft  response  renewing — 
What  makes  that  ship  drive  on  so  fast  ? 
What  is  the  ocean  doing  ?  ' 

SECOND    VOICE. 


'' '  Still  as  a  slave  before  his  lord. 
The  Ocean  hath  no  blast ; 
His  great  bright  eye  most  silently 
Up  to  the  Moon  is  cast — 

F 


38  The  R'mie  of 

If  he  may  know  which  way  to  go  ; 
For  she  guides  him  smooth  or  grim. 
See,  brother,  see  !   how  graciously 
She  looketh  down  on  him.' 

FIRST    VOICE. 

The  Mariner        "  '  But  why  drivcs  on  that  ship  so  fast, 

hath  been  cast         Txr-  1  •      1  5  > 

into  a  trance ;  for    Without  or  wavc  or  wmd  f 

tlie  angelic  power 
eauseth  the  ves- 
sel to  drive  north-  SECOND    VOICE. 
ward  faster  tlian 
human  life  can        ,  nni           •       •  .  ^      r 

endure.  ^  ^^  ^^^  ^^  ^^^  away  Dcrore, 

And  closes  from  behind. 


"  '  Fly,  brother,  fly  !   more  high,  more  high  ! 
Or  we  shall  be  belated  : 
For  slow  and  slow  that  ship  will  go. 
When  the  Mariner's  trance  is  abated.' 


The  supernatural   ^'  I  wokc,  and  wc  werc  Sailing  on 

motion  is  re-  . 

tarded ;  the  Ma-    As  in  a  gentle  weather: 


riner  awakes, 


to' 


and  his  penance      Twas  night.  Calm  night,  the  moon  was  high; 


begins  anew. 


The  dead  men  stood  together. 


to" 


"  All  stood  together  on  the  deck. 
For  a  charnel-dungeon  fitter : 
All  fixed  on  me  their  stony  eyes. 
That  in  the  Moon  did  g-litter. 


to' 


"  The  pang,  the  curse,  with  which  they  died, 
Had  never  passed  away : 
I  could  not  draw  my   eyes  from  theirs, 
Nor  turn  them  up  to  pray. 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


39 


"  And  now  this  spell  was  snapt :  once  more    Thecmseis 

finally  expiated 

I   viewed  the  ocean  green, 


And  looked  far  forth,  yet  little  sav/ 
Of  what  had  else  been  seen — 


40 


The  K'lme  of 


"  Like  one  that  on  a  lonesome  road 

Doth  walk  in  fear  and  dread, 

And  having  once  turned   round  walks  on, 

And  turns  no  more  his  head  \ 

Because  he  knows,  a  frightful  fiend 

Doth  close  behind  him  tread. 

"  But  soon  there  breathed  a  wind   on  me. 
Nor  sound  nor  motion  made  : 
Its  path  was  not  upon  the  sea. 
In  ripple  or  in  shade. 

"  It  raised  my  hair,  it  fannM   my  cheek, 
Like  a  meadow-gale  of  spring — 
It  mingled  strangely  with  my  fears. 
Yet  it  felt  like  a  welcoming. 

"  Swiftly,  swiftly  flew  the  ship. 
Yet  she  sailed  softly  too  : 
Sweetly,  sweetly  blew  the  breeze — 
On  me  alone  it  blew. 


And  the  ancient    "Oh!   dream  of  joy !  is  this  indeed 

Mariner  be-  i-    i       i  t  3 

hoideth  his  na-     The  light-housc  top  1   see  t 

tive  country.  j^    ^j^j^    ^j^^    j^jjj  ^    j^    ^j^j^    ^j^^    j^j^j^  p 

Is  this  mine  own  countree  ? 


"  We  drifted  o'er  the  harbour-bar, 
And  I  with   sobs  did  pray — 
O  let  me  be  awake,  my  God  \ 
Or  let  me  sleep  alway. 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 


4T 


''  The  harbour-bay  was  clear  as  glass, 
So  smoothly  it  was  strewn  ! 
And  on  the  bay  the  moonlight  lay, 
And  the  shadow  of  the  moon. 


"  The  rock  shone  bright,  the  kirk  no  less. 
That  stands  above  the  rock  : 


42  The  Rime  of 

The  moonlight  steeped  in  silentness, 
The  steady  weathercock. 

"  And  the  bay  was  white  with  silent  light 
Till,  rising  from  the  same. 
The  angelic  spi-     YuW  many  shapes,  that  shadows  were, 

rits  leave  the 

dead  bodies,         In  crimson  colours  came. 


And  appear  in       "  A  little  distance  from  the  prow 

their  own  forms 

of  light.  Those  crimson  shadows  were  : 

I  turned  my  eyes  upon  the  deck — 
Oh,   Christ !  what  saw  I  there  ! 


"  Each  corse  lay  flat,  lifeless  and  flat, 

And  by  the  holy  rood  ! 

A  man  all  light,  a  seraph-man, 

On  every  corse  there  stood, 

**  This  seraph-band,  each  waved  his  hand. 
It  was  a  heavenly  sight ! 
They  stood  as  signals  to  the  land. 
Each  one  a  lovely  light  ; 

"  This  seraph-band,  each  waved  his  hand. 
No  voice  did  they  impart — 
No  voice  ;  but  oh  !   the  silence  sank 
Like  music  on  my  heart. 

"  But  soon   I   heard  the  dash  of  oars, 
I  heard  the   Pilot's  cheer ; 
My  head  was  turned  perforce  away. 
And   I   saw  a  boat  appear. 


the  Ancient  Mariner.  43 


"  The  Pilot  and  the  Pilot's  boy, 
I  heard  them  coming  fast: 
Dear  Lord  in  Heaven !   it  was  a  joy 
The  dead  men  could  not  blast. 

"  I   saw  a  third — I  heard  his  voice  : 

It  is  the  Hermit  good  ! 

He  singeth  loud  his  godly  hymns 

That  he  makes  in  the  wood. 

He^ll  shrieve  my  soul,  he'll  wash  away 

The  Albatross's  blood." 


PART    VII. 

''  1'his  Hermit  good  lives  in  that  wood       '^''^  Hermit  01 

tlie  wood 

Which  slopes  down  to  the  sea. 
How  loudly  his  sweet  voice  he  rears ! 
He  loves  to  talk  with  marineres 
That  come  from  a  far  countree. 

'*  He  kneels  at  morn,  and  noon,  and  eve  — 

He  hath  a  cushion  plump  : 

It  is  the  moss  that  wholly  hides 

The  rotted  old  oak  stump. 

"  The  skiff-boat  neared  :   I  heard  them  talk, 
'  Why,  this  is  strange,  I  trow  ! 
Where  are  those  lights  so  many  and  fair, 
That  signal  made  but  now  ? ' 


44- 


'I  he   Kline  of 


Approaciieth  the  ^'^  '  Strange,  by  my  faith  ! '  the   Hermit  said- 
ship  with  won-       ,    \       I      I  1  1 

at-,.  And  they  answered  not   our  cheer. 


The  pbnks  looked  warped!  and  see  those  sails, 
How  thin  they  are  and  sere  ! 


the  Ancient  Mariner. 

I  never  saw  aught  like  to  them, 
Unless  perchance  it  were 

**  ^  Brown  skeletons  of  leaves  that   lag 
My  forest-brook  along ; 
When  the  ivy-tod  is  heavy  with  snow, 
And  the  owlet  whoops  to  the  wolf  below 
That  eats  the  she-wolPs  young.' 

"  '  Dear  Lord  !   it  hath  a  fiendish  look — 
(The   Pilot  made  reply) 
I   am  a-feared  ' — *■  Push  on,  push  on  !  ' 
Said  the   Hermit  cheerily. 

^'  The  boat  came  closer  to  the  ship, 
But  I  nor  spake  nor  stirred  ; 
The  boat  came  close  beneath  the  ship, 
And  straight  a  sound  was  heard. 


"  Under  the  water  it  rumbled  on, 
Still  louder  and  more  dread  : 
It  reached  the  ship,  it  split  the  bay  ; 
The  ship  went  down  like  lead. 


The  ship  sud- 
denly sinketh. 


"  Stunned  bv  that  loud  and  dreadful  sound, 

Which  sky  and  ocean  smote, 

Like  one  that  hath  been  seven  days  drowned 

My  body  lay  afloat ; 

But  sv/ift  as  dreams,   m\'self  I   found 

Within  the   Pilr/ts  boat. 

G 


The  ancient  Ma- 
riner is  saved  in 
the  Pilot's  boat. 


46 


The  Rune  of 


^'  Upon  the  whirl,  where  sank  the  ship, 
The  boat  spun  round  and  round ; 


-n': 


And  all   was  still,  save  that   the 
Was  telling  of  the  sound. 


hill 


the  Ancient  Mariner, 


M 


"  I   moved  my  lips — llie   Pilot  shrieked 
And  fell  down  in  a  fit ; 


The  holy  Hermit  raised  his  eyes, 
And  prayed  where  he  did  sit. 


48 


The  Rime  of 


"  I  took  the  oars  :   the   Pilot's  boy, 

Who  now  doth  crazy  go, 

Laughed  loud  and  long,  and  all  the  while 

His  eyes  went  to  and  fro. 

'  Ha  !   ha  ! '  quoth   he,  '  full  plain  I   see, 

The  Devil  knows  how  to  row.' 


cc 


And  now,  all  in  my  own  countree, 
I  stood  on  the  firm  land  ! 
The  Hermit  stepped  forth  from  the  boat, 
And  scarcely  he  could  stand. 


The  ancient  Ma-  " '  O   shHeve  me,  shrievc  me,  holy  man  ! ' 

riner  earnestlv  rx-<i         tt  •  i    i  •       i 

entreateth  the  ^^  "C   Hermit  crossed  his   brow. 

Mmfardthr'  '  Say  quick,'  quoth  he,  '  I  bid  thee  say— 

penance  of  life  What  manner  of  man  art  thou?' 

falls  on  him  : 


"  Forthwith  this  frame  of  mine  was  wrenched 

With  a  woful  agony, 

Which  forced  me  to  begin  my  tale  ; 

And  then  it  left  me  free. 


And  ever  and 
anon  throughout 
liis  future  life  an 
agony  constrain- 
eth  him  to  travel 
from  land  to 
land, 


"  Since  then,  at  an  uncertain  hour, 
That  agony  returns  : 
And  till  my  ghastly  tale  is  told, 
This  heart  within  me  burns. 


"  I   pass,  like  night,  from  land  to  land  ; 
I   have  strange  power  of  speech  ; 
That  moment  that  his  face  I  see, 
I   know  the  man  that  must  hear  me  : 
To  him   my  tale   I  teach. 


the  Ancient  Mariner, 


49 


"  What  loud  uproar  bursts  from  that  door 
The  wedding-guests  are  there  : 


But  in  the  garden-bower  the  bride 
And  bride-maids  singing  are  : 


50  The  Rime  of 

And  hark  the  little  vesper  bell. 
Which  biddeth  me  to  prayer  ! 

"  O  Wedding-Guest !  this  soul  hath  been 
Alone  on  a  wide,  wide  sea : 
So  lonely  'twas,  that  God  himself 
Scarce  seemed  there  to  be. 

"  O  sweeter  than  the  marriage-feast, 
'Tis  sweeter  far  to  me. 
To  walk  together  to  the  kirk 
With  a  goodly  company  ! — 

"  To  walk  together  to  the  kirk. 

And  all  together  pray. 

While  each  to  his  great  Father  bends^ 

Old  men,  and  babes,  and  loving  friends. 

And  youths  and  maidens  gay  ! 

And  to  teach,  by  "  Farewell,  farewell  !  but  this  I  tell 


To  thee,  thou  Wedding-Guest ! 
He  prayeth  well,  who  loveth  well 


his  own  example, 
love  and  reve- 
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that  God  made 

and  loveth.  Both  man  and  bird  and  beast. 

"  He  prayeth  best,  who  loveth  best 
All  things  both  great  and  small  j 
For  the  dear  God  who  loveth  us. 
He  made  and  loveth  all." 

The  Mariner,  whose  eye  is  bright. 
Whose  beard  with  age  is  hoar. 
Is  gone  :  and  now  the  Wedding-Guest 
Turned  from  the  Bridegroom's  door. 


the  Ancient  Mariner* 


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He  went  like  one  that  hath  been  stunned, 
And  is  of  sense  forlorn  : 
A  sadder  and  a  wiser  man 
He  rose  the  morrow  morn. 


London  : — Printed  by  R.  Clay. 


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